Psychology (personality)

phallic stage

(3-6 years) Pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuous sexual feelings

Hans and Sybil Eysenck Viewed people as having to specific personality dimensions

Extroversion/introversion ; neuroticism/stability

latency stage

Focus on pursuits, (school, friendship, hobbies and sports)

In the ____ stage, there is a sexual reawakening as the incestuous urges resurfaces. The young person redirects these urges to other, more socially acceptable partners ( who often resemble the other-sex parent

Genital

Sigmund freud suggested that people who are dominated by their ___ might be impulsive and narcissistic

ID

Primary funding of the Minnesota study of twins reared-apart

Identical twins whether raised together or apart have similar personalities

TAT thermatic apperception test is a projective test

In which people are presented with ambiguous images

Rorschach inkblot test

Judgments are based about what is seen in a abstract image

Who suggested that men have womb Envy because they cannot give birth?

Karen horney

According to Sigmund freud, an adult who smokes, drinks, over eats, or bite his fingernails is fixated in the _____ stage of her psychosexual development

Oral

Ectomorph

Personality is anxious, self conscious, artistic, thoughtful, quiet and private

According to Abraham Maslow, the highest need is?

Self-actualization

Who developed the first comprehensive theory of personality?

Sigmund freud

Projective test

Test consisting of ambiguous stimuli, thus revealing hidden feelings, impulsive, and desires.

Five factor model

The traits openness,conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism are key components of the?

theorists attempt to explain our personality by identifying our stable characteristics and ways of behaving

Trait

Endomorph

a person with a soft round body build and a high proportion of fat tissue.

choleric

bad-tempered or irritable

Because we have developed certain responses tendencies,____ believed that we demonstrate consistent behavior patterns.

B.F. Skinner

phlegmatic

calm and unemotional in temperament

anal stage

psychosexual stage that focuses on toilet training

Genital stage

puberty on; maturation of sexual interests

Choleric

According to Galen, the choleric person is passionate, ambitious,and bold

Mesomorph

Athletic, square in shape

sanguine

Cheerfully confident; optimistic

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Composed of a series of true and false questions in order to establish an individuals clinical profile

Anna can no longer read the street signs, but she refuses to admit it she needs her glasses to drive. Which defense mechanism does this exemplifies?

Denial

Heritability

the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes

Melancholic

very sad